Answered by: Maulana Selim Saldiran
Question
Is it permissible to work in a factory where one has to pack pork and bacon using gloves?
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيْم
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Answer:
Allah has forbidden pork meat. He has said: {Forbidden to you (for food) are: dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine, and that on which hath been invoked a name other than that of Allah.}[1]
The same way it is not permitted to eat it, it is also not permitted to sell or assist others to sell it.[2]
One should abstain from work like this and try to find alternative work.
Only Allah knows best
Written by Maulana Selim Saldiran
Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah
Darul Ifta Birmingham